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A. E. LAMBERT.

UNION GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. 16. I9l4.

Patented Aug. 22, 1916.

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ALBERT E. LAMBERT, or 31.13am; EEw'YonK.

' UNION GENT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT E. LAMBERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Albany, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulUnion Garment; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to undergarments, and more particularly to union suits comprising integral body and leg portions.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a garment of the character mentioned, capable of expeditious and convenient donning, and constructed to afford increased wearing comfort to the user. 4

A further object is to provide an improved union' undergarment, the manufacture of which is facilitated, and the cost of which is reduced.

Other objects and advantages will be in part noted hereinafter in connection with a description of the accompanying drawing, wherein is illustrated a typical embodiment of the invention. v

The invention accordingly consists 'in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction here inafter set forth, and the scope of the ap-' plication ofwhich will be'indicated in the following claims.

In the drawing, Figures 1, perspective views of a union suit, taken rom different angles.

The garment illustrated comprises,- in general, solid knit or otherwise woven body, arm and leg portions provided with a posterior opening adjacent the crotch, and a separate posterior entrance opening communicating with the neck openin signed for closure by overlapping flaps adapted for fastening by a single button.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the arment comprises a body 1, having the 'usua leg portions 2 and arms 5, of desired length. There is also provided a posterior crotch opening 3, the side flaps of which over la'p for retentlon by a fasten- %Ihe entire front of the garment is preferably of smooth, integral texture, which thereby enhances the comfort and fit of the suit to the wearer. In the rear of the body 2, and 3 are and de- Specification of Letters Patent. PatentigdAug, 22, 11916, Application filed October 18, 1914. Serial No. 867,013.

at the top, is sewed ontwo sides to thebody 1 along the line of oblique severance, and also along the waist line. The third side of the flap extends'substantially vertically in the form shown and is left free, whereby the slde's may be separated for removing the garment. An edging tape 14, preferably of one piece construction faces the neck and entrance openings, and extends from the rear waist point 12 along the outer flap 13 and neck opening, at 15, and thence along the free edge of the inner flap 8, at 16, to the waist line, at 18.

When in use, the flap 8 lies smoothly beneath the body part constituting the outer flap 11. These parts are arranged for fastening by a single button or other device, and for this purpose, the facing 14 may be provided with a buttonhole 20 adjacent the neck opening, and the-flap 8 carries a registering button 21 sewed at 22. When the en'- trance opening is closed, the button 21 is positioned substantially above the wearers shoulder blade, thereby bein readily aecessible for manipulation, an at the same sultant smoothness of the front of the gar-' ment, and also because ofthe increased facility thereby afforded in removing or putting on the suit, since it will be apparent that in these operations the entrance opening utilizes both the neck opening and the back severance. p

As many changes could bemade in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not ina limiting sense.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: I

1. A union undergarment having a tubular body portion provided with separate neck and crotch openings, and having a centrally offset entrance opening communicating with said neck opening at a. point adjacent one shoulder and extending downward to the waist line, said entrance opening having inner and outer overlapping flaps, one ntegral with said body portion and the other comprising a triangular insert having one side sewed to said body portion at the other edge of said entrance opening, and having a second side sewed to said body 'ortion along the waist line, and a single astening device for said entrance opening sewed to the inner flap at the neck and adj acent one shoulder. 4

2. A garment provided with communicating neck and entrance openings, and having inner and outer flaps below said neck opening in the back of the garment, one of said flaps having a free edge extending obliquely from said neck opening downward to the waist line, the other edges of.

said flap being integral with the body of the garment, and the other flap comprising a triangular piece sewed to the body along an oblique edge of said entrance opening and across the waist line, and a fastening device for said flaps at said neck opening closely adjacent one shoulder. e

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specificationin the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ALBERT E. LAMBERT.

Witnesses:

ANTHONY B. DELAHANT, IIAROLD. C. LANSING. 

